The Electoral Committee would like to announce that nominations are now open for the following positions within the COTEC Executive Committee:
More information can be found in the document attached. Nominations have been extended until the 25th July 2022.
Call for a Board member with experience of fundraising to serve on the ROTOS Board
Start date: 1st March 2022 (for an initial term of 3 years)
Deadline for applications 17.00 GMT 20th February 2022
Applications will be considered by the ROTOS Foundation Board
The Research into Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science (ROTOS) Foundation https://www.rotosfoundation.eu/ plans to grow the research connectivity amongst the European occupational therapy and occupational science community. Its strategic aim is that knowledge from Occupational Therapy and Occupation Science research will be appropriately used to inform and shape European policy and practice, by establishing a strong European profile of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science researchers that both supports access to occupation-based knowledge for the benefit for all people in Europe and strengthens occupation-based knowledge generation. Work to achieve the vision and aim began as an Occupational Therapy Europe standing committee in 2016 and in March 2020 ROTOS was registered as acharitable Foundation in The Netherlands and its bank account will also be held in the Netherlands.
The work of the ROTOS Foundation is overseen by a Board comprising up to 7 members. The Board mostly meets virtually (via Teams or Zoom) and meets around 10 times a year, with the annual meeting being held each June. In addition to a defined Board role, each Board member contributes to the delivery of the ROTOS strategy (2020-2025) and action plan. Fundraising essential for the Foundation as ROTOS is a charitable organisation which relies on fundraising, grants, and donations to take its work forward. We are seeking someone with skills and experience in these areas and an understanding of the European context to lead this successfully. Other Board members may be asked to contribute to grant and funding applications to support this role. All members may be asked to represent ROTOS at meetings with other organisations, or to speak on behalf of ROTOS at conferences, events, and webinars.
Naomi Hankinson has been re-elected as COTEC Vice-President for another 2-year term 2021-2023 during the 9th COTEC General Assembly.
The Swedish Association of Occupational Therapists has established a grant award in the name of Inga-Britt Lindström, who has been the president of the organization in 1970-2008. We invite applications from foreign occupational therapists and occupational therapy students. The grant is offered to individuals or teams from countries where occupational therapy is under development and countries listed as low- or lower-middle-income economics, according to the World Bank List.
The maximum amount of the grant is 10 000 Swedish Kronor (about USD 1 000) per year.
Application form and instructions are available on their website: www.arbetsterapeuterna.se/iblaward
Applications close on October 10, 2021.
A series of OT-Europe Workshops will be held in the run-up to the 2nd COTEC-ENOTHE Congress being held online between the 15-18 September 2021.
OT-Europe Workshop on Interdisciplinary Delirium
Date: Thursday 8th July 2021
Time: 16:00 – 18:00 CET
Lead: Dr Christian Pozzi (SUPSI – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland)
OT-Europe Workshop on eHealth
Date: Tuesday 31st August 2021
Time: 15:00 CET
Lead:Dr Susanne Guidetti (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm)
OT-Europe Workshop on Health Literacy
Date: Wednesday 1st September 2021
Time: 15:00 – 18:00 CET
Lead: Eva Denysiuk (COTEC)
OT-Europe Workshop on School-Based Occupational Therapy
Date: Thursday 9th September 2021
Time: 15:00 – 18:00 CET
Lead: Dr Debbie Kramer-Roy (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences)
OT-Europe Workshop on Displaced Persons
Date: Friday 10th September 2021
Time: 16:00 – 19:100 CET
Lead: Nadine Blankvoort (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences)
The pre-congress OT-Europe workshops have limited capacity and only registered participants of the congress can sign-up and participate (for free). So please, if you are interested, register for the conference first here and subsequently register for the workshops here. Since the workshops are organised and hosted by ENOTHE and COTEC, their platforms (Teams or Zoom) will be used to stream the events.
Find the congress programme HERE.
We look forward to meeting many of you for these online workshops!
